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Would you like to tell stories in VR? You’ve found the right place! Now you can write yourself into the history books by developing your narrative work as part of this venture.

What happens if you gather 15 experienced screenwriters from all over Sweden in one room with the collective assignment to create the next hit comedy series? Manusfabriken wanted to answer this question during its Comedy Series Lab, arranged at Visual Arena on November 8 and 9.

“Den Inre Cirkeln,” (The Inner Circle) an eight-episode TV series based on Per Schlingman’s novel “I Maktens Öga,” (In the Eye of Power) will premiere on Viaplay in March 2019.

New and traditional technologies for visual narratives, horizon scanning, and industry mingles drew West Sweden fans of film and television to Audiovisual Days for two packed days of events.

More films and TV series than ever are being produced in Sweden, and demand for scriptwriters is great. At the same time, it’s said that entering the film and television industry — and making a living from your work — is more difficult that ever. If this is true, why is this the case? K-play, the podcast from Kulturakademin, is sharing a discussion held during Audiovisual Days.

There is obviously considerable interest in writing comedy series. A record number of people have applied for the Manusfabriken Comedy Series Lab, which kicks off on November 8–9.

The Game Incubator, which supports entrepreneurs looking to start game companies, has helped over one hundred companies go from startup to self-supporting businesses since 2004. These companies have largely been run by native-born Swedish men, and the lack of women and people with other cultural backgrounds has been severe.

Over the years, project funding from Lindholmen Science Park has supported a large number of film and television productions. What perhaps is not as well known is that support is also provided to technological projects to promote the development of the film and television industry. One of the projects supported is DejaEdit, a technological solution being developed by CAN Film that enables remote editing of film.